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girlpuck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Cannibalism, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, War, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization
cappitak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Child death, Genocide, Death, Blood, Violence, Body horror, War, Murder, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty
ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Grief, Self harm, Death, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Abortion, Child death, Toxic relationship, War, Transphobia, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
sasisaskia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Abortion, Animal death, War, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Self harm
e_gracereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Incredibly poignant. Highly recommend.
Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War
ratchel_l's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Self harm, Hate crime, War, Death, Gore, Body horror, Child death, and Genocide
Minor: Sexual violence
katkinslee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and War
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Rape
maiagaia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
The plot is so incredibly contrived. Everything has to happen just so for the plot to work, and the author put no creativity into making the WAY it happens make sense. Coincidence after coincidence falls together to create a paper thin plot that had me alternating between rolling my eyes and laughing out loud.
This is especially unfortunate because the characters are (mostly) interesting and some of the scenes have some incredibly well-written tension.
This book also holds the honor of most transphobic book I've ever read. There is a character who is trans, and that fact is used 100% in an attempt to scare the reader. It is obvious that the author was writing this character and thought "wouldn't it be SO scary if this character was a MAN in a DRESS." It is used as a short hand to make the reader fear and distrust the character.
Another thing I didn't realize until after I had bought the book is that it is dedicated to Iris Chang, the woman who brought the Nanking Massacre out of obscurity with a book in the late 1990s. The protagonist is very clearly inspired by Chang, and something just sits wrong about a white woman writing a white character doing the work that a Chinese American journalist did in real life.
At the end of the day, this book is not worth the paper it was printed on because it is badly written. The cherries on top are the unnecessary transphobia and whatever you would call the protagonist/Chang influence.
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Murder, and Transphobia
Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, and Rape
alerasaul0's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Gore
Minor: Cannibalism